Happy 18 Months!!!

My baby boy is a year and a half. He is just a joy! Gabe is all boy and is so much busier than I remember Emory being at this age. He climbs, he jumps, he hits balls with bats. All boy! Take a look at Emory at 18 months, such different kiddos!

Gabe says da da, ma ma (finally), Eddy (Emmy), tiger, juice, pizza and milk. He recently started nodding yes, which makes our lives so much easier. He had been able to tell us no for quite awhile now.  ;) Gabe runs everwhere and will copy everything Emory does, even the bad behavior. He is still a HUGE mama's boy, which I love (most of the time).

Here are Gabe's stats from his 15 months check up. Weight 25 lbs (50%) and height 31 1/4 in (45%). Such a healthy little guy. When people pick him up they always seem to say how "sturdy" he is. We always joke that his little hands are like mitts.
I guess 18 month old little boys are too busy for taking pictures!

 Elmo will bring on the smiles!

 I'm outta here.

 Got one!!!

Sister was there, supervising. Such a pretty girl.

 Twirling her hair, getting too big.

Happy 4th of July...

Just a little late! We took our first road trip for the holiday weekend to Abilene Texas. The last time that Grant and I went to Abilene was for our friend Matt and Kristi's wedding, and this time we were going to Kristi's parents house. Her parents were too kind to us. We swam in the pool, ate delicious food, and saw the sights ;).

On Sunday, we decided to take the kids to see Cars 2. Gabe was taking a nap and we thought Emory would be ok skipping a nap to see her first movie in the theater..... we were wrong. The first picture is her sleeping on me during the movie, maybe half way through.

Sweet girl kept sleeping in the lobby. Afterwards, she did tell me that she liked the movie.

 On the 4th, we started our day with yummy red and blue donuts (thank you pops and kiki) and then went to a neighborhood parade. Such a perfect thing to do. Kiki found some flags for the kids to wave.

 All four of the kids. They kept us SO busy that weekend.

 I picture Emory singing some patriotic song in this picture....

 Sweet friends. They like each other so much. But after this weekend it is apparent who has Emory's heart, little Caden. She has told me before she was going to marry Caden. Best friends with the older brother and crush on the younger brother, why not?

 Sibling love. Gabe has no choice.

Normal Night With the Dess Family...

Our evenings are a marathon of entertainment. The kids are so happy to see Grant, and whether he is ready or not, they want to play. Tonight's game of choice, police helmet basketball.

Is that Micheal Jordan??? Nope, just our little tongue out dunking Emory.

 Daddy's turn!

As much as Gabe loves having Grant at home, he had to make sure I am not too far away. This is his normal place, at my feet, hanging onto my legs. Let's just say he REALLY loves his mommy.